by developmentatmanchester | Jun 10, 2014 | Comment, Research Findings
By Richard Heeks Around the time of the MDGs, ICT4D became the focus for a critical mass of activity; a “sidestreaming” approach that saw specialist ICT4D units arise in a number of international and national organisations. Following the 2005 World Summit on the...
by developmentatmanchester | Jun 10, 2014 | Comment, Research Findings
By Richard Heeks What should be the future priorities in researching ICT4D? The post-2015 development agenda will be the single most-important force shaping the future of international development. In planning our priorities for development informatics (DI) research...
by developmentatmanchester | Jun 10, 2014 | Comment, Research Findings
by Richard Heeks A key theme in the post-2015 development agenda is transformation: a belief that the incremental developmental changes achieved to date will no longer be sufficient in the remainder of the 21st century; and an aspiration for a step-change in approach....
by developmentatmanchester | Jun 10, 2014 | Policy, Research Findings
ESID‘s latest Working Paper explores “what we have learnt about how to instigate and embed pro-poor government in towns and cities of the global South”, with a particular focus on how politics emerges in informal settlements. Politics, informality and clientelism –...
